This study examined the effects of several aspects of care-giving on the subjective well-being (SWB) of family caregivers of older adults. These aspects were comprised of external resources including social support, affection, and internal resources including confidence, positive appraisal and coping strategies, and tiredness. The level of happiness (0–10) was used as the gauge of SWB. The data were from a cross-sectional study of 270 primary family caregivers in western Thailand. Multiple regression models controlling for age, gender, kinship to care for recipients, self-rated health, duration and hours of care-giving were estimated. Both social support in terms of appreciation and admiration for care-giving, as opposed to such care being considered a caregivers’ duty, as well as inner strength derived from a positive attitude and self-perceived ability in care-giving were positively associated with SWB. Tiredness had a significant negative association with SWB. The implications of these findings for policy and intervention programs are discussed.

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老年人家庭照顾者的内部和外部资源、疲劳和主观幸福感：来自泰国西部、东南亚的案例研究。

本研究考察了照顾的几个方面对老年人家庭照顾者主观幸福感 (SWB) 的影响。这些方面包括社会支持、情感等外部资源，以及信心、积极评价和应对策略、疲倦等内部资源。幸福水平 (0-10) 被用作 SWB 的衡量标准。数据来自对泰国西部 270 名主要家庭照顾者的横断面研究。估计了控制年龄、性别、照顾接受者的亲属关系、自评健康、持续时间和照顾时间的多元回归模型。在欣赏和钦佩照顾方面的社会支持，而不是将这种照顾视为照顾者的职责，以及源自积极态度的内在力量和自我护理能力与 SWB 呈正相关。疲劳与 SWB 呈显着负相关。讨论了这些发现对政策和干预计划的影响。